Luckily, I have now seen it and all my worries were set aside. The Naked Gun is really funny, and smartly, the filmmakers didn’t try to compete with the original in the sheer number of jokes being thrown at the audience. It’s the smartest thing they could have done.

David Zucker, the director and co-writer of the 1988 spoof comedy “The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!,” has a lot of gripes with the new reboot — from the casting of Liam Neeson as Lt.

Liam Neeson made having ‘a very particular set of skills’ a household phrase with his action role in ‘Taken,’ and he’s now taking on comedy with ‘The Naked Gun.’ Here’s how much he’s worth in 2025.